How to Make Ultimate Light and Crunchy Pork and Lotus Root Fritters with Spicy Sweet-and-Sour Sauce

Light and Crunchy Pork and Lotus Root Fritters with Spicy Sweet-and-Sour Sauce
Light and Crunchy Pork and Lotus Root Fritters with Spicy Sweet-and-Sour Sauce

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have light and crunchy pork and lotus root fritters with spicy sweet-and-sour sauce using 22 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Light and Crunchy Pork and Lotus Root Fritters with Spicy Sweet-and-Sour Sauce:
  1. Make ready 150 to 180 grams Lotus root
  2. Get 200 grams Thinly sliced and coarsely chopped pork
  3. Prepare 4 tbsp Katakuriko
  4. Take To pre-flavor the pork:
  5. Make ready 1 dash Salt and pepper
  6. Take 1 tsp Sake
  7. Take 1/3 tsp Grated ginger
  8. Make ready 1 Egg white
  9. Take 1 tsp Sesame oil
  10. Make ready 1 Vegetable oil
  11. Prepare For the sweet-and-sour sauce:
  12. Prepare 2 tbsp Water
  13. Make ready 3 tbsp Sake
  14. Get 2 tbsp Mirin
  15. Take 1 tsp Chicken soup stock granules
  16. Take 1 tsp Katakuriko
  17. Take 1 tbsp Soy sauce
  18. Get 2 tbsp Vinegar
  19. Make ready 2 tbsp Sugar
  20. Prepare 2 tbsp Ketchup
  21. Get 1/3 to 1/2 teaspoon Doubanjiang (optional)
  22. Prepare 1 tsp Sesame oil
Steps to make Light and Crunchy Pork and Lotus Root Fritters with Spicy Sweet-and-Sour Sauce:
  1. Peel and slice the lotus root and quarter. Soak in water, then drain well. Cut the pork into 1 cm pieces.
  2. Rub in the ingredients to season the pork, let rest for 15 minutes, then coat in 1 tablespoon of katakuriko. Mix well.
  3. Combine all the sweet-and-sour sauce ingredients. Add katakuriko dissolved in water first, so that it doesn't form lumps.
  4. Coat the well-drained lotus root pieces with the remaining 3 tablespoons of katakuriko. Add the pork from Step 2 and mix together well with your hands.
  5. Form the mixture from Step 4 into bite-sized pieces, and deep fry in 360°F/180°C oil for 3-4 minutes. They're done when they float to the surface and the pork is golden brown.
  6. Mix the sauce from Step 3 well and put into a pan. Bring to a boil over high heat, and combine with the lotus root fritters. Drizzle on the sesame oil to finish.
  7. They look like this inside The contrasting textures of the lotus root and pork are so fun in these fritters!

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